Take a taxi ____ you are late for the meeting.                          

A. when        B. whether        C. in case          D. because

E

By far the most common difficulty in studying is simple failure to get down to regular concentrated work. This difficulty is much greater for those who do not work to a plan and have no regular routine (规律性事务) of study. Many students just do a bit of this subject or that, as the mood takes them, or letting their set work pile up until the last possible moment.

       Few students work to a set timetable. They say that if they did work out a timetable for themselves they would not keep to it, or would have to change it frequently, since they can never predict from one day to the next what their activities will be.

       No doubt some students are more willing to accept a regular routine than others. There are many who shy away from a self-controlled weekly timetable, and dislike being tied down to a fixed program of work. Many able students state that they work in cycles. When they become interested in a topic they work on it attentively for three or four days at a time. On other days they avoid work completely. It has to be admitted that we do not fully understand the motivation to work. Most people over 25 years of age have become used to routine, and the majority of real productive workers set aside regular hours for the more important areas of their work. The “tough-minded” school doesn’t fully accept the idea that good work can only be done naturally, under the influence of inspiration.

       Those who believe that they need only work and study as the fit takes them have a mistaken belief either in their own talent or in the value of “freedom”. In fact, freedom from control and discipline leads to unhappiness rather than to “self-expression” or “personality development”. Our society insists on regular habits, timekeeping and punctuality (准时), and whether we like it or not, if we mean to make our way in society, we have to meet its demands.

57．The most widespread problem in applying oneself to study is ______.

       A．changing from one subject to another

       B．the failure to keep to a set timetable of work

       C．the unwillingness to follow a systematic plan

       D．working on a subject only when one feels like it

58．Which of the following is true?

       A．Many students are not interested in using self-controlled timetable.

       B．Many students don’t like being told to study to a fixed timetable.

       C．Most people of over 25 years of age don’t work to a set timetable.

       D．Tough-minded people agree that good job is done naturally

59．The underlined part “as the fit takes them” in paragraph 4 means ______.

       A．when they have the energy     B．when they are in the mood

       C．when they feel fit           D．whey they find conditions are suitable

60．A suitable title for the passage might be ______.

       A．Attitudes to Study                 B．A study Plan

       C．The Difficulties in Studying    D．Study and Self-discipline

6．Although they are brothers, he’s not ______ as good-looking as his brother.

       A．almost      B．nearly       C．mostly      D．mainly

Tom offered a better suggestion to me than＿＿．

       Ａ．Mike did to Peter            B．that of Peter’s

       C．Peter’s                    D．that he offered me

I was surprised by her words, which made me recognize         silly the mistakes were.

       A．what  B．that    C．how   D．which

He  suddenly  found __ watch on the ground．

A．a gold small nice     B．a nice gold small

C． a nice small gold    D．a small nice gold

35. Don’t worry if you don’t understand everything, the teacher will __ the main points at the end.

A. recover     B. review     C. require      D. remember

B

“Fingers were made before forks.” When a person gives up good manners, put aside knife and fork, and dives into his food, someone is likely to repeat that saying.

The fork was an ancient agricultural tool, but for centuries no one thought of eating with it. Not until the eleventh century, when a young lady from Constantinople brought her fork to Italy, did the custom reach Europe.

By the fifteenth century the use of the fork was wide-spread in Italy. The English explanation was that Italians were unwilling to eat food touched with fingers, “seeing all men’s fingers are not alike clean.

Anyone who used a fork to eat with was laughed at in England for the next hundred years. Not until the late 1600’s did using a fork become a common custom.

60. The custom of eating with a fork was ________.

A. brought to Europe from America    B. begun when forks first invented

C. brought to Europe from Constantinople   D. thought of by the Italians

61. By the fifteenth century, forks were used________.

A. all over Italy                    B. only in Constantinople

C. by the kings and queens of Europe   D. in England

62. The English thought that Italians used forks in order to________.

A. imitate（模仿）the people of the East       B. keep their food clean

C. impress visitors with their good manners    D. amuse (逗笑) the English

63. The best title of the passage is “_________’.

A. Eating with a Fork             B. The History of Eating with a Fork

C. A Way of Eating               D. A Custom of Eating

E

  Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working harder than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing. Offices, shops, and factories are discovering the great efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all lines of work, emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output thus the “ typical” Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation ago he gains in creature comfort and ease of life what he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality.

  Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products. The so-called Americanization of France has its critics. They fear that “assembly-line life” will lead to the disappearance of the pleasures of the more graceful and leisurely (but less productive) old French style.

What will happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in life- to enjoy in the smell of a freshly picked apple, a stroll by the river, or just happy hours of conversation in a local café?

  Since the late 1950’s life in France has indeed taken on qualities of rush, tension, and the pursuit of material gain. Some of the strongest critics of the new way of life are the young, especially university students. They are concerned with the future, and they fear that France is threatened by the triumph of this competitive, goods-oriented culture. Occasionally, they have reacted against the trend with considerable violence.

  In spite of the critics, however, countless Frenchmen are committed to keeping France in the forefront of the modern economic world. They find that the present life brings more rewards, conveniences, and pleasures than that of the past. They believe that a modern, industrial France is preferable to the old.

The passage is about ______.

A. changes in the life style of the French          B. criticism of the old life style

C. approval of the new life style               D. analysis of the old way of life in France

73. The old French way of life mainly featured ______.

   A. elegance, leisure and romanticism        B. efficiency, elegance and leisure

   C. elegance, leisure and taste              D. efficiency, leisure and taste

74. Which of the following about the French is NOT true?

   A. They show more concerns about money than before

   B. They do enjoy working on the assembly line.

   C. Many of them prefer the new life style to the old.

   D. They are more competitive than the elder generation.

75. What is the attitude of the general Frenchmen towards the new life style?

   A. They fear that France is threatened by the new trend

   B. They are unsatisfied with the new way of life

   C. They welcome the new life style enthusiastically

   D. They confuse the traditional life style with the new one

第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

  从A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

--- You name again, please? _______ .

--- It’s Bell Green.

A. I didn’t quite catch you                     B. I couldn’t quite catch you

C. I don’t hear you                           D. It’s your name